IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (125) CWP No. 18732-2025 Date of Decision : 09.07.2025 Prahlad Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Anuj Balian, Advocate for the petitioner.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi J. (Oral)

1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the order by ₹

which, a sum of 1,94,193/- has been deducted from the retiral benefits of the petitioner, which the petitioner was liable to pay as a penal rent for not vacating the government accommodation within the time frame of two months and the said government accommodation was retained beyond the entitlement.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was transferred from Gurugram to Hisar on 07.05.2022 and as per the rules, a transferred employee can retain the accommodation for a period of two months and on expiry of two months, the petitioner submitted a letter of request annexed herein as Annexure P-1 for retaining the said accommodation, which was not accepted and the petitioner vacated the accommodation in October, 2022.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that a